Crandon, Wisconsin shooting

Crandon, Wisconsin shooting
Tyler James Peterson
Location	Crandon, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date	Sunday, October 7, 2007 Approximately 2:45 a.m. (CDT)
Target	Crandon High School students and recent graduates
Attack type	Mass murder, murder-suicide
Weapon(s)	AR-15
Death(s)	7 (including the perpetrator)[1]
Injured	1
Perpetrator(s)	Tyler James Peterson

The Crandon, Wisconsin shooting was a mass murder that occurred about 2:45 a.m. CDT on October 7, 2007, at a post-homecoming party inside a duplex in Crandon, Wisconsin, United States.^[2] The perpetrator, 20-year-old Tyler Peterson, who was a full-time deputy in the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time officer at the Crandon Police Department, shot and killed six people and critically injured a seventh before committing suicide.^[3] One of the victims, 18-year-old Jordanne Michele Murray, was Peterson's former girlfriend, and it was believed the dispute within the apartment motivated the shooting.

Overview

Tyler James Peterson (born March 6, 1987), a 20-year-old full-time deputy in the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time police officer at the Crandon Police Department, who was not on duty, entered an apartment complex where a homecoming party was held at approximately 2:45 a.m. CDT, and shot at seven people, ages 14 to 20, killing six of them and wounding the seventh. The gunman was later killed, initially believed to have been killed by a police sniper, but it was later discovered that he committed suicide by multiple gunshots, with the third shot being the fatal one. Police have determined that approximately 30 rounds were fired throughout the duration of the shooting.

Victims

All seven victims were either students or recent graduates of Crandon High School. The seventh victim, Charles Neitzel, played dead after being shot three times and survived, despite being critically injured. Killed were:

• Jordanne Michele Murray, 18
• Katrina Lee McCorkle, 18
• Lianna Faye Thomas, 17
• Bradley Steven Schultz, 20
• Aaron Edward Smith, 20
• Lindsey Lou Stahl, 14

References

1. ^ Holusha, John (October 8, 2007). "Dispute Is Cited in Wisconsin Shooting". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/us/08cnd-shoot.html?hp. Retrieved 2007-10-08. 
2. ^ Deputy fired 30 shots from rifle in killing 6, officials say, CNN.
3. ^ Shooter killed after Wisconsin gun rampage, Telegraph.

External links

• Cop shot dead after gun rampage.
• Documents fill in lost hours after gunman killed six in Crandon
• Horror and healing in Crandon
• Wisconsin Town in Shock